Carbon-based

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Based on organic biopolymers.

    "carbon-based life"

Example

More examples

"The biology on this globe is carbon-based. Some have speculated that there could be silicon-based forms of biology elsewhere in this universe. There yet could be plasma-based biology. There could be incorporeal biology. There could be other probabilities."

More for "carbon-based"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.